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SPLC and Loyola Law Clinic Sue St. Bernard Parish School District for Due Process, Disability Rights Violations

June 27, 2023

CHALMETTE, La. — St. Bernard Parish Public Schools routinely violate the rights of students with disabilities by placing them in a punitive alternative school setting without the appropriate accommodations and education services...

SPLC Mourns the Passing of Civil Rights Activist Ben Frazier

June 27, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reflects on the legacy of Civil Rights Activist Ben Frazier , who passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023. “Ben Frazier led with a passionate, public servant’s heart. A...

New SPLC Report Documents Lasting Impact of Shelby County v. Holder on Voting Rights in the Deep South

June 26, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder , nearly every county in the South has implemented policies that make it more difficult for people of color to vote and elect leaders...

SPLC Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Decision Allowing Federal Immigration Enforcement Priorities to Remain in Place

June 23, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Texas that the states lacked standing to challenge the Biden administration’s federal immigration enforcement priorities. “Today’s Supreme Court decision is a...

SPLC Calls for Just and Humane Immigration System on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2023

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joins the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in observance of World Refugee Day . For more than two decades, nations around the world, humanitarian aid workers and...

Six Florida Cities Succeed in Reducing Harm of HB 1, End Court Challenge

June 08, 2023

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, six Florida cities ended their challenge to HB 1, a 2021 law introduced by Governor Ron DeSantis in response to the racial justice protests of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd and others by...

SPLC Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision Affirming the Right to Fair Representation for Black Communities

June 08, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Allen v. Milligan that Alabama’s congressional map denies Black voters a fair number of congressional seats. In July 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center , League of Women...

Hate Groups Are Descending on Main Street America, According to New Report Released by the Southern Poverty Law Center

June 06, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center released Year in Hate & Extremism , an annual report detailing the scope and danger of hate and antigovernment extremist groups operating within the United States. The...

Voting Rights Groups File Litigation to Protect Voting Rights of Mississippians with Disabilities

May 31, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Mississippi Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU-MS and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) filed a federal lawsuit challenging S.B. 2358...

New Motions Filed in Lawsuit Challenging Georgia’s Omnibus Anti-Voter Law Seek to Defend Against Racial Discrimination and Remove Barriers to Absentee Voting

May 31, 2023

ATLANTA — Voting rights organizations have filed motions for preliminary injunctive relief to lift barriers to voting for the 2024 elections in Georgia. The latest motion, filed last night, challenges provisions of S.B. 202 for...

Civil Rights Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Use Executive Authority to Protect Immigrant Families and Workers

May 25, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, as first reported by The Hill , a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on President Joe Biden to take all actions within his authority to protect...

SPLC Seeks Hearing to Address Cobb County School District’s Retaliation and Continued Violation of Student’s Disability Rights

May 24, 2023

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) petitioned the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings for a due process hearing on behalf of a five-year-old student with multiple disabilities who...

SPLC Celebrates Historic Appointment of Nancy Abudu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit 

May 18, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate made history today by confirming Nancy Abudu to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Abudu is now the first African American woman, second woman of color, and only the third...

Voting and Civil Rights Groups Challenge Inequity in Access to Voting Under Georgia Law

May 17, 2023

WASHINGTON — Voting and civil rights groups filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion seeking to lift restrictions in Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202 , that target voters with disabilities. These S.B 202 provisions...

SPLC Mourns the Passing of Former Selma Mayor George Evans

May 16, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Selma Mayor George P. Evans passed away on Monday, May 15. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reflects on Mr. Evans’ legacy of community and public service. “George Evans was one of those rare...

Ending Title 42 Presents an Opportunity to Create a Fair and Just Immigration System

May 11, 2023

Versión española abajo. / Ayisyen vèsyon kreyòl anba a. WASHINGTON — Today, the migrant expulsion policy issued under Title 42 , originally adopted by the Trump administration to turn away people seeking asylum at the border,...

Voting Rights Groups Reach Settlement with Jacksonville City Council, Ensuring Fairer Maps for Next Twelve Years

May 09, 2023

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today, local voting rights groups, Jacksonville residents and the Jacksonville City Council agreed to continue using maps ordered by a federal court that provide fair representation to Black communities...

SPLC Files DOJ Complaint to Address Ongoing Discrimination in Jefferson Parish School District

May 08, 2023

(in English, Spanish and Arabic) JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) submitted an administrative complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice seeking federal...

SPLC Files Complaint Requesting U.S. Treasury Investigate Discriminatory Funding in Jackson Water Crisis

May 05, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. —The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of the Treasury on behalf of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, against the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ...

SPLC Applauds Seditious Conspiracy Conviction of Proud Boys

May 04, 2023

WASHINGTON— Today, jurors reached a verdict in the case of United States of America v Tarrio et al. , finding Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys , and members including Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl...

SPLC Calls on the Jefferson Parish School Board to Halt School Closure Plans

May 02, 2023

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. – On Wednesday, May 3, the Jefferson Parish School Board plans to vote on new school attendance zones after announcing they will close six schools at the end of the school year. Those schools serve...

SPLC Condemns Celebration of the Confederacy at Stone Mountain Park

April 28, 2023

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project , in response to the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (SMMA), the board that runs Stone...

SPLC Applauds Renaming of Military Base to Fort Gregg-Adams

April 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project , in response to renaming Fort Lee in Virginia. “We are thankful to see this military...

SPLC Rejects Bernie Moreno’s Notion of Reparations for White Civil War Descendants

April 26, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Tafeni English-Relf, director of the Alabama State Office, in response to Bernie Moreno ’s call for reparations for white descendants...

SPLC Statement on the Passing of Harry Belafonte, Jr.

April 25, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement in response to the death of Harry Belafonte, Jr., award-winning singer, actor, and civil rights activist. “Harry Belafonte was a passionate...

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